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TIL that the German pharmaceutical company Bayer knowingly sold blood-clotting agents infected with HIV to Asia and Latin America months after withdrawing them from Europe and the US

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R7BP6 TIL in 1947, MGM produced The Cat Concerto and Warner Bros released a similar Bugs Bunny cartoon. Both used identical gags, the same piece by Fransz Liszt, and similar endings. Both MGM and Warner Bros. accused each other of plagiarism, after both films were submitted for Academy Awards ceremony.
9YKWM TIL The Farmer’s Almanac was once used to also serve as toilet paper. They drilled a hole in the corner so it could hang in an outhouse
bbDQ TIL Czechoslovak runner Emil Zátopek decided to compete in the marathon in the 1952 Olympics, despite never having run that distance in his life. Zátopek asked fellow runner Jim Peters, who he was racing alongside, if the pace was fast enough. When Peters said “no”, Zátopek sped up and won the race
NXAP1 TIL the boom in mathematics during the 17th and 18th centuries in the Western world is correlated with the development of artillery and the increasing need for military professionals, especially artillerists, to be skilled in mathematics
x6Am1 TIL during WW2, Finland fought alongside the Nazis vs. Russia before it was clear that balance of power was shifting